The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-06
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL.
A Comprehensive Summary of the Measure
Reported by the Conference COMMITTEES.

A Comprehensive Summary of the Measure
Reported by the Conference Committee.
Dec. To- 1856, Mr.. Cullom, from the commit
tee of conference on the disagreeipg votes of the
two houses Oh the amendment of the House to
the bill u.s. 1892 ''to regulate commerce." sub
mitted the following conference report:
The committee of conference on the disagreeing
votes of the two houses on the amendment of the
House to the bill Is. 1882 ito regulate commerce
having met, after full and free conference, have
agreed to recommend and do recommend, to their
respective houses as follows:
That the House recede from its amendment and
agree to the bill of the Senate with the following
amendment thereto in the nature of substitute and
that the Senate agree to the same.
The substitute bill strikes out all after the en-
acting clause and inserts the following:
That the provisions of this act shall apply to any
carrier carriers engaged in the trausporta
hon of passengers property wholly by railroad
partly by railroad and partly by water when both
used, under control management, or ar
rangement, for continuous carriage shipment
from State Territory Of the United States or
the District OF Columbia to any other State or Terri
of the United States or the District of Columbia
from any place in the United States to adjacent
foreign country, from any place in the United
States through foreign country to any other place
in the United States and also to the transportation
IN like manner of property shipped from any place in
the United States to foreign country and carried
from such place TO a port of transshipnent, or
shipped from foreign country TO any place In the
United States and carried TO such place from . port
G entry In the United states adjacent foreign
eountry provided, however that the provisions of
hs act shall not apply to the transportation of pas
sengers property to the receiving, delivering
storage or handling of property, wholly within one
State and not shipped 70 or from a foreign country
rom or TO any State or Territory aforesaid.
The term railroad. used in this act, shall in.
lude all bridges and ferries used operated in CON
,econ with any railroad and also all the road in
by any corporation operating a railroad whether
swned or operated under a contract agreement OIL
ssse; and the term transportation shall include al
nstrumersalities of shipment or carriage.
REASONABLE AND JUST CHARGES
AL charges made for any service rendered or TO be
rendered in the transportation of passengers prop
rty aforesaid or in connection Herewith or for
The receiving delivering, storage handling of suci
property shah be- reasonable and just; and every
ard unreasonable charge for such service is pro
libted and declared TO be unlawful.
DISCRIMINATING RATES FORBIDDEN.
Sec g. That IL any common carrier subject TO tn
provisions of this act shall directly indirectly b,
my special rate, rebate, drawback other device
hsrge, demand collect receive. from any person
PERSONS, greater less compensation for any serv
&c rendered, TO be rendered in the transportation
passengers or property, subject 70 the provisions
this act, than IL charges demands, collects re
elves from other person persons for doing 70
sn or them Ike and contemporaneous service il